Improvement in horse-rakes



4 a E. DORR.

Horse Rake.

No. 92,521. V -Patented July'1 3, 1869.

lini trd atdw EDWARD DORR, OF ROC'KFORD, ILLINOIS.

Lette'rs Patent No. 92,521, datcd July 13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HoRsE-RAKEs The Schedule refen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tt may conccra Be it known that I, EDWARD DORR, of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Raking, Loading, and Carrying Hay, Grain, 850., of whicll the following'is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relatcs more especially to that 'class of machines for gathering and loading cut crops, in which the gazthering-meohanism travels in advance of the team.

The Object of the first part 'of the inveiltionis to enable the rake-teeth to conform closely to the surface of the ground to gather up all the crop; and

The improvement consists- First, in a novel method of combining gatheringteeth, hinged to the main frame of the machine, in

.such manner as to allow them free Vertical play, with V shoes likewise pivoted to play freely vertically on the points of the teeth and springs, to hold the shoes in close contact With the ground.

The Object of the next part of the invcntion is to gather the crop; and y Second, the improvement further consists in a novel method of combining pvoted shoes and hinged teeth with endless carrying-belts, working between and vihratiug with the teeth.

' Third, the improvement further consists in a novel method of combining hinged ,teeth and elevating-helts with mechanism operated by the driver,'-by which he raises the lake-teeth.

Fourth, the improvement further consists in a novcl method of combining the elevating-belts, running over pulleys both in front and in rear of the main axle, with sprocket-wheels On the main aXle, driving the belts by contact with them between the pulleys over which they run.

Fifth, the improvement further consists in a novel method of combining a main frame mounted on two wheels, hin'ged teeth, and elevati'ng carrying-belts, with a rigid tongue, supported by a stcering-wheel behind the main frame, carrying a stand for the driver between the horses, and a lifting-1ever to regulate the lake-teeth, by which means the driver call see the whole machine, and readily adjust and guide it.

The Object of the neXt part of my invention is to gather cut crops, convey them to any desired point, and there ldischarge them in bulk simply by backing the machine; and

The improvement consists in a novel method of icomhining inclined gathering-teeth and endless con- 'veyers or belts With a carriage propelled from behind.

In the aecompanying drawings, which make part of this specification- Figure l represents a plan or top view of a mnchine embodying all my improvements; V

Figure 2, avertical longitudinal section through the same, at the line x a' of fig. l; and

Figure 3, a view in perspective of one of the teeth, its hinged shoe and Spring, as seen from heneath.

III this instance, a stout main frame, A A1 A? A5, is sllown as resting on an axle, C', mountcd on two wheels C.

A perch, a, rigidly secured to and projecting behind this frame, carrics a Vertical standard, (62, to which a post, (03, is pivoted, so as to turn freely, axially.

A steering-wheel, b, 'on this post, supports the real' end of the perch.

The driver ridcs on a platform, di, mount-cd on the perch, and guides the machine by -a tiller, B.

The horses are harnessed to a double-tree, ll, pivotecl near the real' end 'of the perch, and travel on each side of the driver and behind thol machine, thus avoiding the trampling of the crop.

The main frame is covered witll parallcl slats 1),arranged parallel to the path of the machine.

A rack, d', supported on uprights d On theI framc,\`-vserves to retain the gathered crop, and as a support which the driver may grasp to steady himself by, il'

necessary.

Rake-teeth b'z are pivoted to play freely, vortically, between the front ends of the slats b', and carry at their forward ends shoes W, rocking vcrtically on a central pivot.

Springs 1)*,`astelled to thc under rear side of the teeth, bear on the under side of the heels of the shoes, and thus serve'to keep their toes close to the ground to gather the crop, and yet allow them to yicld freoly to pass obstructions.

A series of endless carrying-belts, c, is arranged to pass over pulleys c` o? o at the back of the frame, at the front of the same, in the line of the joint of the hinged teeth, and near the shoes.

These belts, it will be observed, run in the spaccs between the teeth, and their front ends rise and fall with the teeth.

These belts are driven hy sprocket-whcels O on thel main axle, the teetll of which take into holes in thel belt, or teeth might he fixed on thol belt, and take into notches on the wheels.

It Will be observed, however, that in this instance, instead of the belts passing around the sproc-ketwheel, the teeth act on the under side vof the lower part of the belt only. This is important, as it causes the upper part of the belt to move backward to elevate the hay, and thus dispenses with gearing or crossed belts, which would be necessary it' the belts encircled the sprocket-wheel.

vThe lake-teeth are vibrated on their pivots by4 means of `a; cross-bar, D, (nnderneath -them,) supported and moving endwise in stirriips D2, and reciprocated by means of a hand-1ever, D3, vibrating back and foi'tli iii a Vertical plane, oii a pivot in a standard, D4, on the perch.

VVlien the level' is retracted, tlie parts assnme the positionshown in red, in fig. 2, and the shoes and tceth are elevated.

The operation of the machine will readily be understood. As the machine is propelled over tlie field, with the teeth depressed, the shoes run close to the ground, and under the crop, which rises up the inclined surface of the teeth, and is deposited by the belts in a cradle, of Which the slats b1 form tlie bottom. WVhen the cradle is full, the lever-handle is moved backward, which thi'usts the lifting-bar D forward, and i'aises the teeth. V i

The machine may then be driven to the desii'ed spot, and the crop discliarged by lowei'ing the teetli and hacking the machine a short distance, which reverses the inotioli of the belt and discharges the crop from the cl"adle.

The gathei'ed crop inay likewise be discharged at any time, by simply backing the machine without lifting the teeth.

\Vliat I claim as my invention, and desire to seciire by Lettel's Patent, is-- l. 4The combination of the hinged i'ake-teeth, constructed as described, with the pivoted Spring-shoes constructed and Operating as described.

2. The combination, substantially as set 'oth, of Spring-shoes and liinged rake-teeth with elevatingbelts, Working between and vibi'ating with the teeth.

3. The combination of hinged i'ake-teeth and elevating-belts witli the elevating-mechanism operated by the driver, as set foi'th.

4:. The combination of the elevating-belts with spi'ocket-Wlleels, acting on their under sui'faces between their snpporting-pulleys, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, snbstaiitially as set forth, of the driving-Wheels, the maiil'franie, and the liiiiged teeth, and carrying-belts in front of the frame, with the rigid tongiie oi' pcrcli, the steering-Wheel, the di'ivei`7s stand, and the lifting-1ever in rear of the main frame, for the purposes specified.

6. Tlie combination of inclined gathering-teth and endless belts oi' coiiveyers With ainain frame, inoiinteil oii wheels and propelled froni behind, substantially as set foi'tli, to discliarge the gathered orop simply by backing the machine. i

This specitieation signed and Witnessed, this 13th day of J aiiuary, 1869.'

Witnesses:

G. W. FORD, O. ROBERTS.

E'DW'ARD DORR. 

